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Chapter III— The Boy at Mugby
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I am the boy at Mugby. That’s about what I am.
You don’t know what I mean? What a pity! But I think you do. I think you must. Look here. I am the boy at what is called The Refreshment1 Room at Mugby Junction2, and what’s proudest boast is, that it never yet refreshed a mortal being.
Up in a corner of the Down Refreshment Room at Mugby Junction, in the height of twenty-seven cross draughts3 (I’ve often counted ’em while they brush the First-Class hair twenty-seven ways), behind the bottles, among the glasses, bounded on the nor’west by the beer, stood pretty far to the right of a metallic5 object that’s at times the tea-urn and at times the soup-tureen, according to the nature of the last twang imparted to its contents which are the same groundwork, fended6 off from the traveller by a barrier of stale sponge-cakes erected7 atop of the counter, and lastly exposed sideways to the glare of Our Missis’s eye — you ask a Boy so sitiwated, next time you stop in a hurry at Mugby, for anything to drink; you take particular notice that he’ll try to seem not to hear you, that he’ll appear in a absent manner to survey the Line through a transparent8 medium composed of your head and body, and that he won’t serve you as long as you can possibly bear it. That’s me.
What a lark9 it is! We are the Model Establishment, we are, at Mugby. Other Refreshment Rooms send their imperfect young ladies up to be finished off by our Missis. For some of the young ladies, when they’re new to the business, come into it mild! Ah! Our Missis, she soon takes that out of ’em. Why, I originally come into the business meek10
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1 refreshment | |
n.恢复,精神爽快,提神之事物;(复数)refreshments:点心,茶点 | |
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2 junction | |
n.连接,接合;交叉点,接合处,枢纽站 | |
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3 draughts | |
n. <英>国际跳棋 | |
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4 ass | |
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人 | |
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5 metallic | |
adj.金属的;金属制的;含金属的;产金属的;像金属的 | |
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6 fended | |
v.独立生活,照料自己( fend的过去式和过去分词 );挡开,避开 | |
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7 ERECTED | |
adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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8 transparent | |
adj.明显的,无疑的;透明的 | |
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9 lark | |
n.云雀,百灵鸟;n.嬉戏,玩笑;vi.嬉戏 | |
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10 meek | |
adj.温顺的,逆来顺受的 | |
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11 delightful | |
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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12 honourable | |
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的 | |
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13 compartment | |
n.卧车包房,隔间;分隔的空间 | |
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14 machinery | |
n.(总称)机械,机器;机构 | |
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15 pastry | |
n.油酥面团,酥皮糕点 | |
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16 cove | |
n.小海湾,小峡谷 | |
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17 isle | |
n.小岛,岛 | |
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18 gloss | |
n.光泽,光滑;虚饰;注释;vt.加光泽于;掩饰 | |
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19 ferocious | |
adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的 | |
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20 affront | |
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21 exhausted | |
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22 yew | |
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23 monarchical | |
adj. 国王的,帝王的,君主的,拥护君主制的 =monarchic | |
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24 grit | |
n.沙粒,决心,勇气;v.下定决心,咬紧牙关 | |
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25 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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26 triumphant | |
adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的 | |
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27 sniff | |
vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视 | |
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28 pint | |
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29 obstinate | |
adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的 | |
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30 dispositions | |
安排( disposition的名词复数 ); 倾向; (财产、金钱的)处置; 气质 | |
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31 disposition | |
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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32 insignificant | |
adj.无关紧要的,可忽略的,无意义的 | |
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33 repulsiveness | |
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34 buckled | |
a. 有带扣的 | |
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35 cuffs | |
n.袖口( cuff的名词复数 )v.掌打,拳打( cuff的第三人称单数 ) | |
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36 foams | |
n.泡沫,泡沫材料( foam的名词复数 ) | |
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37 accomplishment | |
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能 | |
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38 foaming | |
adj.布满泡沫的;发泡 | |
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39 penetrated | |
adj. 击穿的,鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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40 crevices | |
n.(尤指岩石的)裂缝,缺口( crevice的名词复数 ) | |
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41 veal | |
n.小牛肉 | |
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42 contemptible | |
adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的 | |
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43 dignified | |
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44 agitation | |
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动 | |
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45 awakened | |
v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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46 forth | |
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47 ornamented | |
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48 ascended | |
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49 assented | |
同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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50 vacancy | |
n.(旅馆的)空位,空房,(职务的)空缺 | |
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51 wield | |
vt.行使,运用,支配;挥,使用(武器等) | |
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52 devoted | |
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
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53 inclination | |
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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54 fawning | |
adj.乞怜的,奉承的v.(尤指狗等)跳过来往人身上蹭以示亲热( fawn的现在分词 );巴结;讨好 | |
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55 celebrated | |
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的 | |
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56 aggravate | |
vt.加重(剧),使恶化;激怒,使恼火 | |
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57 treacherous | |
adj.不可靠的,有暗藏的危险的;adj.背叛的,背信弃义的 | |
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58 plural | |
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59 cowering | |
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60 spurned | |
v.一脚踢开,拒绝接受( spurn的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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61 grovelling | |
adj.卑下的,奴颜婢膝的v.卑躬屈节,奴颜婢膝( grovel的现在分词 );趴 | |
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62 pervaded | |
v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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63 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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64 ushered | |
v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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65 groan | |
vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音 | |
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66 lengthening | |
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的现在分词 ); 加长 | |
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67 murmur | |
n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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68 swelling | |
n.肿胀 | |
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69 fowls | |
鸟( fowl的名词复数 ); 禽肉; 既不是这; 非驴非马 | |
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70 luscious | |
adj.美味的;芬芳的;肉感的,引与性欲的 | |
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71 odious | |
adj.可憎的,讨厌的 | |
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72 hideous | |
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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73 dilated | |
adj.加宽的,扩大的v.(使某物)扩大,膨胀,张大( dilate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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74 nostrils | |
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75 bind | |
vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬 | |
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76 busts | |
半身雕塑像( bust的名词复数 ); 妇女的胸部; 胸围; 突击搜捕 | |
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77 soothing | |
adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的 | |
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78 velvet | |
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79 pervading | |
v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的现在分词 ) | |
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80 positively | |
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81 shameful | |
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82 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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83 assorted | |
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84 fixed | |
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85 atheist | |
n.无神论者 | |
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86 screeched | |
v.发出尖叫声( screech的过去式和过去分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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87 shrill | |
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88 malignant | |
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89 maniac | |
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90 expatiate | |
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91 loathsome | |
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92 stimulate | |
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93 elegance | |
n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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94 nay | |
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95 sneer | |
v.轻蔑;嘲笑;n.嘲笑,讥讽的言语 | |
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96 tumult | |
n.喧哗;激动,混乱;吵闹 | |
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97 relish | |
n.滋味,享受,爱好,调味品;vt.加调味料,享受,品味;vi.有滋味 | |
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98 fabled | |
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99 obelisk | |
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100 descended | |
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